Robb Recommends: This Sleek Fabric Shaver Keeps Your Favorite Sweaters Pill-Free
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Pilling—like aging—is a fact of life. While garments made from long-staple fibers will retain their brand-new look longer, tiny balls of twisted fabric are inevitable.
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I’ve more or less accepted that fact and done little to countermand it aside from the occasional (and only semi-effectual) brush of a sweater stone. But when I’d noticed that a favored shawl collar cardigan from Drake’s had pilled past the point of charming affectation and was running straight to ratty, I had to call in the big guns.
The big guns being Pilo 2, an electric fabric shaver from the Swedish clothing care brand Steamery. Its pleasingly ergonomic design features a rounded bottom that can be comfortably cupped by the hand, and six razor blades safely concealed behind a metal grill at the business end.
Once I’d fired it up, I simply passed its whirring blades over the sweater’s pilled sleeves and hem and watched in satisfaction as the unwanted nubs were hacked away like weeds. After making a few passes to ensure no pill was left behind, I simply popped off the metal grill and dumped out its woolen harvest. Removing the shorn fabric from its blades was a bit trickier but helped along with a tiny brush that comes with the device.
Within the span of a few minutes (including cleaning), my much-loved cardigan had reverted to near-mint condition. The exercise proved so satisfying that I was soon rummaging through my sweater drawer, looking for any other pills that could be erased within the tool’s very generous two-hour operating time.
As ever, turning a chore into a pastime is the surest sign of a gadget’s success.
Pilo 2 Fabric Shaver Charcoal
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Pilo 2 Fabric Shaver Sand
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